Author Archives
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Event: An evening in conversation with the 2017 Caine Prize shortlisted authors, 28 June 2017, London
An evening in conversation with the 2017 Caine Prize shortlisted authors Tue 28 June 2017 | 6pm – 8pm | SALT | Paul Webley Wing | Senate House | SOAS University Chair: Lizzy Attree (Director Caine Prize) Discussant: Carli… Read More ›
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Call for Submissions: Film Africa 2017, deadline: 30 June 2017
Call for Submissions Film Africa 2017 deadline: 30 June 2017 Want to see your film on the big screen? Submissions for Film Africa 2017 are now open! Film Africa is The Royal African Society’s annual festival celebrating the best African… Read More ›
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CfP: Afropolitan Literature as World Literature, deadline 1 August 2017
CFP: Afropolitan Literature as World Literature (edited collection, Bloomsbury Publishing) deadline 1 August 2017 Afropolitanism currently inflects many academic and popular conversations about African literature. The term is mobilized to celebrate African influence in the world and to characterize… Read More ›
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Event: Open Book Festival, 6-10 September 2017, Cape Town
The Book Lounge and the Fugard Theatre invite you to Open Book Festival 6 – 10 September 2017 LET THE READING BEGIN! The first announcement of the year is always a big moment for us. Finally we can share our… Read More ›
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Call for Submissions: The Single Story Foundation, deadline: 15 July 2017
Call for Submissions The Single Story Foundation deadline: 15 July 2017 TSSF Journal seeks well-crafted, realistic stories about Africa, Africans, and African issues from writers of African descents or those associated with Africa. Send your poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction to… Read More ›
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Event: Digital Blackness Conference, 30 June 2017, University of Sussex
Digital Blackness Culture, Theory and Technology in the Network Ecology 30 June 2017 The Digital Blackness Conference June 30th 2017 is open for registration. Themes on the day include black content creation, black feminist and queer discourses online, emerging… Read More ›
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Event: Novel Writers – Ayobami Adebayo ‘Stay with Me’, 9 June 2017, Spike Island, Bristol
Novel Writers Ayobami Adebayo, Stay with Me Spike Island, Bristol Friday 9 June, 6.30-8pm On Friday 9 June at 6.30pm, Ayobami Adebayo will be reading from and in conversation about her debut novel Stay with Me as part of Spike… Read More ›
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CFP: Interrogating the African literary ‘renaissance’, Université Paris 13- Campus de Villetaneuse, 5 July 2017, Deadline: 9 June 2017
Call for papers Interrogating the African literary ‘renaissance’ With a conference keynote and reading by Billy Kahora, writer and Kwani? editor Université Paris 13- Campus de Villetaneuse – July 5th 2017 As messy and artificial any attempt at literary periodisation… Read More ›
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Call for Applications: Kasahorow Writers’ Fellowship, deadline: 31 May 2017
Call for Applications kasahorow Writers’ Fellowship Deadline: 31 May 2017 THE PROGRAM What is the kasahorow Writers’ Fellowship? The kasahorow Writers’ Fellowship is a four-month program for writers. The program includes customized writing skills training and guidance to plan, write,… Read More ›
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Event: Literary Weekender, Ghana & Nigeria: a Literary Highlife, 25-28 May 2017, London
Litro Magazine’s Literary Weekender London’s first literary festival celebrating Ghanaian and Nigerian literature and their cultural landscapes Journey to West Africa for Litro Magazine’s latest #WorldSeries instalment – an inaugural Literary Weekender – to explore the cultural and… Read More ›
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CFP: AASA biennial meeting in Accra, Ghana Oct 12-14, 2017, deadline: 31 May 2017
AFRICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF AFRICA (ASAA) 2ND Biennial Conference: African Studies and Global Politics The University of Ghana, Legon October 12-14, 2017 CALL FOR PROPOSALS DEADLINE: May 31st 2017 The African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA) was established in 2013… Read More ›
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CfP: The Renaissance in Africa, RSA 2018 New Orleans, 22–24 March 2018, deadline: 1 June 2017
The Renaissance in Africa, Renaissance Society of America NOLA 2018 CFP: Interdisciplinary panel at Renaissance Society of America, New Orleans, 22-24 March 2018: deadline: 01 June 2017 “The Renaissance in Africa”: While the Renaissance has been regarded as a… Read More ›
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Event: Kampala International Theatre Festival, 22-26 November, 2017
Call for Submissions 2017 Kampala International Theatre Festival 4th edition, 22nd – 26th November 2017 We are excited to announce the 4th edition of the Kampala International Theatre Festival that will take place from 22nd – 26th November 2017 in Kampala, Uganda…. Read More ›
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CfP: Life Narratives: Self-Representation in an Age of Human Rights, 14 June 2017, Johannesburg, deadline: 10 May 2017
Call for Papers Life Narratives: Self-Representation in an Age of Human Rights A One-Day Symposium for Postgraduate Students and Early-Career Researchers at the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre (JHGC), Wednesday 14th June 2017 Featuring a keynote address from Mark Gevisser,… Read More ›
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Event: Postcolonialism in Interdisciplinary Perspective, 17 May 2017, Birmingham
Postcolonialism in Interdisciplinary Perspective. Wednesday 17th of May 2017 The Danford Room, Dept. of African Studies and Anthropology, Second Floor, Arts Building, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT 9:00 – 9:30 Registration/ Tea and Coffee (Fage Library) 9:30 – 9:45 Welcome… Read More ›
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Event: 6th African Popular Cultures Workshop – Biafra 50 years on – University of Sussex, 17th May 2017
The School of English and the Sussex Africa Centre invite you to the 6th African Popular Cultures Workshop at the University of Sussex, ‘Biafra 50 years on’ Wednesday 17th May, 3.00pm – 6.30pm, Arts C, Room C333 Workshop Programme 3.00pm –… Read More ›
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Call for Volunteers: Africa Writes, London, 30 June – 2 July, deadline 10 May 2017
Africa Writes will be back for its 2017 edition at The British Library from Friday 30 June to Sunday 2 July. We are looking for volunteers who are passionate about African literature and would like to be a part of the… Read More ›
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Event: Retrospective on Moustapha Alassane, MoMA, 12–15 May 2017
Retrospective on Moustapha Alassane, Pioneer of the Golden Age of Nigerien Cinema MoMA, 12–15 May 2017 This first North American retrospective of Moustapha Alassane (1942–2015), a pioneer of populist cinema in newly independent Niger in the 1960s and 1970s, is… Read More ›
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CfP: Public Service and Community Interpreting in Africa, 6 Oct 2017, Freiburg, deadline 30 April 2017
CfP: Public Service and Community Interpreting in Africa Workshop on 6 October 2017 in Freiburg, Germany deadline: 30 April 2017 On the 6 October 2017, the Institute of Multilingualism at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, will host a 1-day… Read More ›
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CfP: Workshop ‘Colonialism and education in a comparative perspective: Analysing gendered civilizing missions (ca. 1850-1970)’, 26 Oct 2017, Florence, deadline 20 Apr 2017
Call for Papers European University Institute (EUI, Florence) Workshop ‘Colonialism and education in a comparative perspective: analysing gendered civilizing missions (ca. 1850-1970)’ 26 October 2017, Florence deadline: 20 April 2017 In recent years, education has received renewed attention from… Read More ›
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